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Imagine a future in which your local utility cuts your bill in half for the electricity you generate at home.

That future, as they say, is now. It’s called net metering, and you deserve to know about it.

Utilities, manufacturers, and homeowners are responding to the new energy normal (which is, basically, will you have any) with different strategies, including residential solar batteries. But what are they? What do they cost? And are they worth it?

From the moment the home leaves the factory (safely nestled in its shipping container), you’ll be able to watch it make its way to you just by logging in to our website. 

There are many reasons to choose an electric vehicle these days, like how they can slash carbon emissions.

But $6.49 for a gallon of gas kind of cuts to the chase, doesn’t it?

In this issue: how better homes can make a better world, insulation gets cool, where home prices are rising (most places) and where they’re not (Austin, Boise), and the latest on patios.

To bring the steel sector in line with a 2050 net-zero target, process emissions must fall by at least 30% by 2030.

Green steel is a step in the right direction.

“Certain to Win” shows organizations how they can use tempo to offset a competitor’s size, technology, position, and even planning. In particular, winners are able to make things happen that their opponents may anticipate, but not when their opponents might expect.

For your next home, would you rather have a strainer or a thermos?

That’s the analogy offered by the executive director of the Passive House Network. Despite their name, passive houses aren’t pushovers or scared to assert their needs in a tough conversation.

The homes he’s talking about are built (or retrofitted) upon the principles of passive design.

Some myths were made to be broken.

Otherwise, you risk wasting a lot of mental energy worried that Twinkies have an endless shelf life, it’s illegal to shout “fire!” in a crowded movie theater, and chewing gum will sit in your stomach for seven years.

We can waste a lot of energy (sorry) with home-based myths, too.